STATE EX REL. PECKHAM v. KRENKE

No. 97-3359.

229 Wis.2d 778 (1999)

601 N.W.2d 287

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. Jane PECKHAM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kristine KRENKE, Warden, Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jane Peckham, pro se.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Charles D. Hoornstra, assistant attorney general.

Before Brown, P.J., Nettesheim and English, JJ.


ENGLISH, J.

Jane Peckham, an inmate at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution (TCI), appeals from an order affirming the disciplinary action taken against her by Warden Kristine Krenke for disobeying orders and committing fraud. Peckham alleges that her legal mail was opened outside of her presence in violation of administrative rules; therefore, the evidence obtained from the unlawful mail opening cannot serve as the...

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